State Police Report - March 14, 2013

A Pittsburgh man was placed in Perry County Prison after a disturbance on Feb. 17 in the first block of Juniata Parkway West, Howe Twp.Police said Nicholas Foster, 36, attempted to start a campfire at 10:29 p.m. in a backyard. He allegedly was intoxicated and yelling loudly.Foster was charged through district court for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct.— — —A fence was struck by a westbound hit-and-run vehicle at 1:13 a.m., Feb. 19, in the 300 block of Turkey Path Road, Miller Twp. Red paint was observed at the crash site.— — —David Weller of Elliottsburg reported two purchases of diesel fuel between Feb. 16 and 18 that he did not make.— — —John Cassell, 58, of Loysville was driving west on Route 274 in Spring Twp. when his 2004 Toyota Matrix spun several times and hit an embankment at 8:26 a.m., Feb. 19. Cassell was wearing a seat belt and was not injured. He was charged with roadways laned for traffic. New Bloomfield fire and EMS assisted at the scene.— — —Charles McGarry, 66, of New Bloomfield was driving north on Route 34 in Oliver Twp. when he lost control of his 2008 Ford Escape on a left curve. The vehicle spun counterclockwise two times, rolled onto its roof, struck a large rock and flipped back onto its wheels at 10:04 a.m., Feb. 19.McGarry was wearing a seat belt and had minor injuries. He was charged with roadways laned for traffic.— — —Abdeslam Ouksaka, 28, of Mechanicsburg was driving south on Route 11/15 in Marysville when he lost control on the snow-covered road on a right curve at 10:57 a.m., Feb. 19. His 1994 Mazda went off the road, struck an embankment and rolled onto the driver side. Ouksaka and a passenger were using seat belts and were not injured. Marysville fire and EMS assisted at the scene.— — —Judd Bentz, 31, of Perry County was driving west in the 1400 Valley Road in Rye Twp. when his vehicle left the road and struck a house at 7:23 p.m., Feb. 20. He was taken into custody and arrested for DUI.— — —Grant Long, 27, of Harrisburg was driving east on Route 22/322 in Greenwood Twp. when he lost control of his 2003 GMC Sierra on the snow-covered road at 10:41 a.m., Feb. 19. His vehicle, which went broadside, was struck by an eastbound 2012 Ford Fusion, driven by Peter Don of Palmdale, Calif. Long’s vehicle then struck an embankment and overturned.Both drivers were using seat belts and were not injured. Long was charged with driving at safe speed.Millerstown fire and EMS assisted at the scene.— — —An accident occurred at 2:26 a.m., Feb. 17, on Route 34 in Centre Twp. A northbound 2002 GMC Sierra went off the road, struck an embankment and rolled onto its side. The driver fled the scene prior to the arrival of police. New Bloomfield Fire Company and Rudy’s Towing assisted at the scene.— — — A 68-year-old man was westbound on Raccoon Valley Road in Tuscarora Twp. when his vehicle went off the road and struck two telephone poles at 12:36 p.m., Feb. 20. The driver, who was not named, was taken to Harrisburg Hospital by Newport EMS for evaluation.Millerstown Fire Company assisted at the scene.— — —Items were ordered for a fund-raiser from Greenwood School District, Millerstown, and not paid for between Nov. 5, 2012 and Feb. 20. — — —Lucas Timmons, 23, of Landisburg was driving west on Fox Hollow Road in Carroll Twp. when his 1993 Saturn SC2 went off the road and struck two trees at 3:58 a.m., Feb. 23. Police said he fled the scene prior to their arrival.Timmons was using a seat belt and had minor injuries. He was charged with traffic violations.— — —A wallet was found at the Giant food store in Howe Twp., Newport, between 5:15 and 6:28 p.m., Feb. 25.— — —Matthew Little, 38, of Ickesburg was westbound on Route 850 in Northeast Madison Twp. when he lost control of 2004 BMW 325XI, hitting a culvert and a tree at 12:45 p.m., Feb. 22. The car rolled onto its roof and slid approximately 130 feet.Little had to be extricated by fire and EMS personnel. He was flown to Hershey Medical Center with major injuries.Assisting at the scene were Ickesburg fire and ambulance, Blain Fire Company, Medic 1, Life Lion and Smith’s Towing.— — —A Newport man and a Liverpool woman were cited with harassment after an incident at 10:49 p.m., Feb. 22, in the 100 block of S. Second Street, Newport.— — —Trash bags were illegally placed in Rite-Aid’s Dumpster, Feb. 21-22 and 27, at the Newport plaza in Howe Twp.An empty cardboard exercise bike box was tossed in King’s Fitness Dumpster illegally between midnight and 3 p.m., Feb. 22, in the 200 block of Walnut Street, Newport.— — —Three 18-year-olds were arrested for retail theft at Amanda’s Pure and Simple in the first block of Juniata Parkway East in Howe Twp.According to state police, Tony Reed of Liverpool and Bret Dearwechter and Tony Forlizzi, both of Newport, allegedly took four peanut butter eggs without paying for them at 7:34 p.m., Feb. 23.— — —State police stopped a vehicle for erratic driving at 12:30 a.m., Feb. 23, at Broadway Avenue and High Street in Duncannon. The driver, a 37-year-old male, appeared to be intoxicated and was taken into custody. Charges are pending lab results.— — —Gabriel Guthrie, 19, of Elliottsburg allegedly parked behind a house in attempt to hide after state police attempted to make a traffic stop at 10:15 a.m., Feb. 24, on Route 274, just east of Green Park Road in Tyrone Twp. Charges were filed against him through district court.— — —During a stop for a traffic violation, state police found Lance McConnell, 21, of Duncannon to be in possession of controlled substances and paraphernalia at 6:57 p.m., Feb. 23, in the 300 block of New Bloomfield Road, Penn Twp. He was charged through district court.— — —Ronald Hair of Liverpool Twp. reported his bank account was used to make an unauthorized purchase on Feb. 6.— — —Charges of simple assault were filed through district court after an incident at Watts-Buffalo Community Center at 12:30 a.m., Feb. 24. Police said there was a physical altercation between family members.— — —Arlene Sauder, 69, of Loysville was driving west on Route 274 in the area of Green Gates when she lost control of her 2002 Pontiac Grand Am on a left curve at 4:42 p.m., Feb. 26. The car slid off the icy road and struck an embankment.Sauder and two juvenile passengers were in safety restraints and were not injured. She was charged with driving too fast for conditions.The car was towed by J.W. Smith Towing.— — —Shannon Mutzabaugh, 35, of Millerstown is accused of assaulting a juvenile between 6:45 and 7 p.m., Feb. 24, on St. Samuels Road in Juniata Twp.Mutzabaugh was arraigned before MDJ Leister for simple assault and harassment. Bail was set at $20,000. Mutzabaugh was unable to make bail and was placed in Perry County Prison, pending a preliminary hearing.— — —A car struck a horse and buggy on Route 850 near Fisher Hill Road in Northeast Madison Twp. at 12:45 p.m., Feb. 25. According to police, the horse and buggy were standing in the eastbound lane when an eastbound 2008 Chevrolet Impala, driven by Joyce Myers, 58, of Shippensburg, hit the rear of the buggy.A 5-year-old female passenger in the buggy was airlifted by helicopter to Hershey Medical Center with moderate injuries. Myers was using a seat belt and was not injured. The buggy’s driver, Hannah Lantz, 67, of Loysville and two other juvenile passengers were not injured.Charges of careless driving against Myers and stopping, standing and parking against Lantz are pending.Blain EMS assisted at the scene.— — —Enck’s Sunoco in Loysville reported a drive-off after $20.02 worth of gasoline was pumped at 3:13 p.m., Feb. 26.— — —Randy Kerstetter, 53, of Liverpool was charged with terroristic threats and harassment after an incident involving his girlfriend at 8:30 p.m., Feb. 23 in the 1100 block of Perry Valley Road, Liverpool Twp.

— — —A 17-year-old New Bloomfield female was driving east on Clouser Hollow Road in Spring Twp. when she failed to negotiate a right curve in her 1994 Dodge Dakota at 2:07 p.m., Feb. 12. The car went off the road and struck two trees.Police said the teen was driving too fast and was not wearing a seat belt. She was not injured.New Bloomfield fire and EMS assisted at the scene.— — —Police are investigating an incident in which a man removed a check from a Newport woman’s checkbook, made it out to himself and cashed it between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Feb. 12.— — —The rear windshield of a vehicle parked at Tressler’s Service Station in the 200 block of S. Carlisle Street, New Bloomfield, was broken between Feb. 11 and 13.— — —Two juveniles are accused of stealing items from Sharar’s Market in the first block of S. Second Street, Newport, at 5:35 p.m., Feb. 13.— — —Weavers Mill Road in the 1500 block was snow covered when Susanna Hoover, 18, of Loysville was negotiating a left curve on Feb. 5. Her 2000 Subaru Legacy went off the road, over two rocks and struck a tree at 3:41 a.m. in Tyrone Twp.Hoover was wearing a seat belt and was not injured. Police said she was going at an unsafe speed for the road conditions and was charged with a traffic violation.The vehicle was towed.— — —Karen Machemer, 64, of Millerstown lost control of her 1999 Cadillac Escalade on Route 17 in Greenwood Twp. at 9:25 a.m., Feb. 14. The vehicle struck a utility pole and rolled onto the driver side.Machemer was using a seat belt and was not injured. She was charged with a traffic violation.Millerstown fire and EMS and PPL assisted at the scene. The vehicle was towed by Jake’s Towing.— — —Terry Lane, 54, of Newville was driving west on Landisburg Road in Carroll Twp. when his 1998 Toyota Avalon veered into a ditch at 10:33 a.m., Feb. 14. The vehicle then struck and severed a utility pole.Lane was not using a seat belt and had minor injuries. He was charged with a traffic violation.Shermans Dale fire and EMS assisted at the scene. H&J Towing towed the vehicle.— — —A woman reported her debit card was used to make unauthorized purchases on the Internet on Feb. 4 in New Buffalo.— — —The Newport Borough Sewer Authority reported damage to a garage door at the Nordic Gear building on S. Front Street between Jan. 23 and Feb. 13.— — —A Newport man reported reported numerous household items damaged and missing between Feb. 13 and 15 on Erly Road, Centre Twp.— — —Christine Wittlinger, 45, of Duncannon was driving north on Dellville Road in Wheatfield Twp. when she lost control of her 2006 Suzuki Forenza on a left curve at 4:10 p.m., Feb. 18. The car struck a guardrail, went back across the road, struck an embankment and overturned.Wittlinger was wearing a seat belt and was not injured. She was charged with roadways laned for traffic.New Bloomfield fire and EMS assisted at the scene. — — —As Lester Sliker of New York was attempting to make a right turn off of Route 15 in Watts Twp., his 2000 Gulf Stream Sun Sport was rear-ended by a 2012 Freightliner Cascadia at 10:33 a.m., Feb. 18. A passenger vehicle being towed by the Gulf Stream became unattached and caught fire.Sliker and his passenger and the other driver, Michael Richardson of Hancock, Md., were wearing seat belts and were not injured.New Buffalo Fire Company and Fire Police and Liverpool and Newport ambulances assisted at the scene. All the vehicles involved in the crash were towed by Keller’s Towing.— — —Scott A. Sundy of Shermans Dale was charged with DUI after state police found him intoxicated and sitting in his running vehicle at 1:12 a.m., Feb. 16, at White Oak Bar, Carroll Twp.Later on Feb. 16, at 4:25 a.m., police said Sundy was pounding/knocking on a Carroll Twp. resident’s door, ringing the doorbell, pounding on a shared wall and yelling in the 100 block of Village Square Drive. When the victim answered the door, Sundy allegedly asked to use a phone because he had lost his cell phone.— — —A man was observed letting the air out of tires, Feb. 14-15, in the 8400 block of Spring Road, Centre Twp. After being seen, he fled toward Bloomfield Borough.The man was described as black, approximately six feet with a thin build and between 25 and 35 years old, wearing a black hoodie and dark jeans.— — —Cynthia Brackin, 52, of Hummelstown was changing lanes on Route 11/15 North in Watts Twp. when she lost control of her 2008 Chevrolet HHR at 1:29 p.m., Feb. 15. The car went off the road and hit a tree.Brackin was wearing a seat belt and had minor injuries. She was cited for roadways laned for traffic.Fry’s Towing assisted at the scene.— — —As Kelly Kalinske, 22, of Atherton, Calif., attempted a lane change on Route 22/322 East in Reed Twp., Dauphin County, her 2012 Ford Focus was struck by an eastbound 2007 log truck at 10:44 a.m., Feb. 15.Kalinske and the other driver, John Kauffman of Millerstown, were wearing seat belts and were not injured. She was charged with a traffic violation.— — —Christopher Swauger, 41, of Middletown was driving south on Route 11/15 in Buffalo Twp. when his 2008 Mazda Protege veered left and struck a center concrete barrier at 1:30 a.m., Feb. 17. The vehicle then went across both lanes and struck a guardrail.Swauger was wearing a seat belt and had moderate injuries.The car, with major front-end damage, was towed by Keller’s Towing.— — —A woman’s mailbox on Honeysuckle Hollow Road in Juniata Twp. was damaged overnight, Feb. 16-17.— — —Two 14-year-old males from Loysville and Landisburg are accused of tampering with a Loysville woman’s vehicle and moving lawn ornaments in her rear yard, Feb. 16-17, in Tyrone Twp.— — —A Tuscarora Twp. man, who thought he was joining a secret shopper-type organization, received a check and was asked to deposit it in his account between Feb. 4 and 14. He then was instructed to remove money from his account and wire a large portion to persons in Spain, which he did. He later was notified by his bank that the check he deposited was fraudulent and that his checking account was overdrawn.State police remind people never to give banking information to others and that valid organizations will not ask to have checks deposited for them and then to return money to them.— — —A PPL pole was struck by a northbound vehicle, which then overturned, on Route 34 in Centre Twp. at 2:26 a.m., Feb. 17. The driver fled the scene before police arrived. The vehicle was a blue GMC Sierra with Pennsylvania registration ZBH9019.— — —Ryan Campbell, 39, of Millerstown lost control of his 2000 GMC 3500 as he was driving north on Route 74 near Rupp Road in Saville Twp. at 2:27 p.m., Feb. 17. The vehicle struck a utility pole.Campbell and a child passenger had on safety restraints and were not injured. He was cited for roadways laned for traffic. Ickesburg Fire Police assisted at the scene. The vehicle was towed by Jeff Smith Towing.— — —A vehicle going west on Jericho Road in Centre Twp. went off the road, struck a mailbox and sheared off a utility pole at 12:42 a.m., Feb. 18.The 2003 Chevrolet Silverado was towed by Fuller and Sons Towing.— — —Correction: A state police item recently misreported charges were filed through Perry County Domestic Relations. The office collects child support payments and does not handle criminal charges